Bill Moyers was press secretary to U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson in the early days of the escalation of the Vietnam War. He describes the impact that then-NYT reporter David Halberstam's reporting had on him, even given his insider's perch, and what it taught him about journalism.

Bill Moyers is returning to PBS, and he talked to Democracy Now! about his lead-off effort -- 'Buying the War,' which looks at how the U.S. news media bought what the Bushies were selling on Iraq.

The Guardian picks up on the eternally-emailed BBC man-goat-marriage story. This caught my eye:

Some News Online hacks wondered whether there was an organised campaign to keep the story in pole position. A thought that world editor Adam Curtis admits also crossed his mind. "It had not been re-published or revised, so how is it that upwards of 100,000 people a day were passing it on to their friends?" he wondered on his blog. "We put our senior software engineer Gareth Owen on the case. His verdict is unequivocal. The demand was genuine".

The NYT's Manohla Dargis reviews Zoo.

Shabab (Youth) News aims to reach the 50 per cent of the regional population that's under age 18.

The kidnapping of the BBC's Alan Johnston, in captivity since March 12, has changed the rules of the game for foreign correspondents covering Gaza.